[REQUEST] Name channel 9 as Percussion channel

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[REQUEST] Name channel 9 as Percussion channel #32

Open PROPHESSOR opened 5 years ago

PROPHESSOR commented 5 years ago

Because now it’s absolutely not obvious how to add percussion

https://github.com/PROPHESSOR/ProMidEdit/commit/51404d72a18e5713347d3370952b91fcedf1285e#diff-4de97eadb1c36d7afcca74faabd7a2a7R147

markusschwenk commented 5 years ago

Why#9?

Is there any midi standard describing this?

PROPHESSOR commented 5 years ago

Because it starts from 0

Channel 10 is reserved for percussion. Support polyphony (multiple simultaneous notes) on each channel. Support a minimum of 128 MIDI Program Numbers (conforming to the GM 1 Instrument Patch Map) and 47 percussion sounds (conforming to the GM 1 Percussion Key Map). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI